Hungarian Revolution & Soviet Suppression "Revolt in Hungary" Imre Nagy Xd10524 (1956)
1956 · Short film · 26 min
Synopsis
This black & white educational film is: REVOLT IN HUNGARY. Title cards: Distributed by McGraw-Hill Book Company, producers of Text Films (:08-:14). Walter Cronkite introduces the film. Most of the film was smuggled out of Hungary. Title: Revolt in Hungary (:15-:38). A rocket takes off and a credit reads: The Twentieth Century (:39-:59) Budapest, March 9, 1953. Aerial shot of Budapest. On the morning of Stalin's funeral in Moscow, Hungary came to a halt. Imre Nagy, one of the leaders of the communist party. People are sad or have blank expressions. A close up of a giant statue of Stalin (1:00-2:07). The statue fades into people standing atop where the statue used to be and it is now 3 years later, 1956, and a revolution is taking place in Budapest. A man saws the statue. People bash pieces of the statue and destroy symbols of Soviet control (2:08-2:47). Title card: Revolt in Hungary. Budapest, Oct. 23, 1956. Cronkite narrates. Explains how it all started. University students in Budapest hold a peaceful protest in support of Poland, who had recently defied the USSR. More and more students join. They assemble. A holiday mood and hope. People smile. Women wave flags, people march. The parade terminates at the statue of General Jozef Bem, a Polish war General who had fought for the freedom of Hungary in 1848. Tens of thousands of people are in the march. Should Hungary be communist? People rip flags (2:48-6:06). Students want a new government. They want their demands put on the…
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- Running time
- 26 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- 1956
- Hungarian
- Revolution
- Soviet Suppression
- Revolt In Hungary
- McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Stock Footage
- Periscope Film
